flatcreek

Koz you know u can fish with me anytime next Spring but I realize my tournament days are over.i just had 4 level lumbar fusion in June and it’s a game changer.i’ll miss the competition but I look forward to slowing down and fishing for fun.I hope you can get the boat suitable for you so you can compete at the boater position because you have the competitive fire.Tight lines!

I’ve fished Lanier since I was a kid.It’s a great bass fishing lake 9 months out of the year but these days I wouldn’t go near (Oceanier) we call it during the summer time.As @koz said conditions were brutal with boat traffic and heat.That lake is rough as a cobb in August and dangerous to boot.If I had to fish it i’d run up the river and try my luck with largemouth.No wonder so many zeros.

We continue in prayer

Nice haul!

I caught a 29 pound flathead in bass tournament on Oconee throwing a Texas rigged pumpkin Zoom lizard dipped in jj’s Magic. I’ve since quit putting that garlic on there because of all the dang catfish harassment.

Zoom ol monster Culprit Fat Max

Don’t forget Cotton Cordell . I keep plenty of them handy

“To everything turn,turn, turn To everything there is a season turn, turn,turn “

Prayers out from here

21-23 June I underwent L2-L3-L4-L5-S1 fusion. after 5 weeks my recovery is progressing well but the healing process is slow.Like @Captain Phil I was looking at a wheelchair and had no other options at this point.I’m 67 and should’ve had this done 8 years ago but was too hardheaded.Doctor says I should be able to fish in my bass boat again by November which is very encouraging but I understand things will be very different from now on and slow and steady wins the race.Good luck to all of you who suffer from severe back pain.

Winter,Spring,Fall and Summer in that order

I texpose the hook in the bait and pop it through the grass with ease.Works really well in Springtime

@galyonj i like the Charlie Brewer Pro slider heads with the thin wire hooks on these baits.

Zoom finesse worm Zoom 4 inch Dead ringer Charlie Brewer Slider worms i always tie these on in tough bite conditions

I’ll fish all day in rain but as I’ve aged I don’t launch in a hard rain.

I fished out of Sitka in 2006 bald eagles all around Salmon and halibut, lingcod,yellowtail,seabass great fishing,I know y’all enjoyed it. We fished 4 days in the first week of June.Great place

Welcome

Whopper Plopper and A-rig

Sandfleas

And I let the fish tell me which is best on one day to the next

Never

The Fliptail got me hooked on bass fishing during childhood and still fish them today

Purple Fliptail worm

Great Tournament

When the boater is moving that fast across the docks a Texas rigged Speedworm or Speedcraw might be a good bait to throw behind him